S.I. No. 282/1961:

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CARPET WEAVING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1961.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (CARPET WEAVING INDUSTRY) (EXCLUSION) REGULATIONS, 1961.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 52 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936), and after consultation with representatives of employers interested in the form of industrial work specified in the Schedule hereto and with representatives of workers so interested, hereby make the following regulations--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Conditions of Employment (Carpet Weaving Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1961.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The form of industrial work specified in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be excluded industrial work for the purpose of section 46 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (No. 2 of 1936).

4. The following provisions shall have effect in respect of the work to which these Regulations relate:

(a) no woman shall be employed to do any such work at any time between the hour of 11 p.m. on any day and the hour of 7 a.m. on the following day;

(b) no woman shall be so employed on any day until after the expiration of eleven hours from the time at which she ceased to do industrial work on the previous day.

SCHEDULE.

The weaving of Wilton and Axminster body carpet and all ancillary operations connected therewith.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of December, 1961.

JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 , provides that women may be employed in industrial work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. only.

The purpose of these regulations is to permit the employment of women between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. in the weaving of Wilton and Axminster body carpet and all ancillary operations connected therewith.